Leadership – a crisis of confidence?
Leadership – a crisis of confidence? One of my clients was tired last week. When I asked him why he said: “Work used to feel like intense sprints punctuated by rest periods. Now it feels like a marathon. At sprint pace. And by the way – I think they moved the finish line. In fact, […]
Internal recruitment and retention is it missing the mark?
Internal recruitment and retention is it missing the mark? We’re failing to ‘compete’ for internal talent the same way we do external talent, starting with some important basics. Getting a new job including a payrise should be easier once you’re ‘in’. In fact, it’s harder, this is what I am hearing: 1. “It’s easier to […]
The Future of Work
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] The Future of Work according to History of Work, I’m not convinced by the doomsayers who predict radical job losses due to the rise of automation. Human society has gained overall from every technological advancement since the invention of the wheel. Each of these developments created significant social resistance in their day, […]
Is the Position Description dead?
Is the Position Description dead? We’ve all heard the argument about dropping the need for resumes over the years, but what about the use of Job Descriptions (JDs)? Recent research by HSG tell us the following: • 37% of organisations don’t have one for all roles • It takes 60% of us over an hour […]
‘NO’ the most powerful word in the world
“No” the most powerful word in the world? Possibly…. Does “there’s just not enough hours in the day” sound familiar? As leaders, Time is often our scarcest resource and in an increasingly complex landscape, it’s easy to be pulled in a million directions at once and feel you’re getting nowhere or getting overwhelmed. It may […]
Is a return to work a ‘return to worth’?
Is a return to work a ‘return to worth’? I recently overheard a conversation between a return to work mum and her recruiter, clearly discussing the prospect of an offer for an executive position. The recruiter was trying to set up her expectations – which, according to him, was to accept a salary below the […]
Pricing in a growth business
Pricing – the bane of every growth business. I recently sat in on the launch of this brilliant pricing course run by London’s leading behavioural economist Hannah Lewis, and I want to give it a shout out. It’s absolutely spot-on for small business owners (like me, and many of my growth clients in the Talent […]
5 things I’ve learned in my first year in business.
5 things I’ve learned in my first year in business. It’s been one year since I took the plunge and started out on my own. Going solo was a social experiment, and failure is always an option with experiments. Happily, year one has proved a success, and thankfully it was not as tough as I […]
WHY HR & FINANCE SHOULD BE BEST FRIENDS
When I was heading up People Change a few years ago, one of the most frustrating things I experienced was the disconnect between HR and Finance people data. HR & FINANCE SHOULD BE BEST FRIENDS Nothing made me more nervous than getting the numbers wrong in a people change scenario. I’ve since realized that this […]
New approaches to a strategy
Is the strategy offsite a thing of the past? I recently said no to doing a 2-day strategy offsite and I had a genuinely puzzled client ask me why I didn’t favour that approach. In a world where doing business differently is critical if we don’t approach Strategy differently, what chance do we have of a […]
